Oct 01, 1805Hamburg, GermanyDied on 25 Nov 1875 (aged 70)Libra
About Henriette Wegner
Henriette Wegner (born 1 October 1805 in Hamburg, died 25 November 1875 in Christiania), née Henriette Seyler, was a Norwegian businesswoman and philanthropist, a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg banking dynasty of Hamburg and the wife of the Norwegian industrialist Benjamin Wegner.
She was briefly a co-owner of Berenberg Bank, and was also noted for her work for the homeless in Norway.
During her life she was a citizen of the city-republic of Hamburg, of France during the Napoleonic Wars, and finally of Norway from 1824.